scholarly journals PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF HORTICULTURE CROPS IN INDIA AND ANDHRA PRADESH

2020 ◽  
pp. 63-67
Author(s):  
Thapai Ananda ◽  
G. Prathap
Keyword(s):  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Annual Production ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Area Development ◽  
Important Progress ◽  
Made In

Fruits and vegetables account for nearly 90 per cent of total horticulture production in the country. The production of fruits and vegetables during the current year is estimated to be 314.5 million tonnes (mt), about 1 per cent more than what the country produced in 2017-18, the first advance estimates of horticulture production released by the government of India. The area under horticulture crop also rose to 25.6 million hectare from 25.43 million hectare. Hectare crop year in India is from July-June. India is producer of fruits and vegetables in the world and is the leader in several horticultural crops, namely Mango, Banana, Papaya, Cashewnut, Recant, Potato and Okra. However the nature of horticulture crops being such it’s not easy to make assessment of their production. These crops, especially vegetables are grown in small plots, fields or in the courtyard of the houses, do not have single collecting in most of the cases which makes their valuation demanding. Various horticulture harvests have multiple proceeds in a single season. Correspondingly many fruit trees are speckled, which do not count for taxation. The need for diversification to horticulture sector was acknowledged by the Government of India in mid-eighties by focussing its attention on investment in this sector. Currently horticulture has recognized its credibility in cultivating income through increased productivity, generating occupation and in enhancing exports. Resultantly, horticulture has moved from rural confines to profitable venture. However, efficient employment of programme and policies call for strong information in time. In this backdrop, this book presents the overall information on horticulture focussing area, production and yield estimates apart from the information about crops price, market arrivals and export. The situation of horticulture crops in India has become very encouraging. Production: India has witnessed increase in horticulture production over the last few years. Important progress has been made in area development resulting in higher production. Over the last decade, the area under horticulture grew by 2.6 per cent per annum and annual production increased by 4.8per cent. During 2017-18, the production of horticulture crops was 311.71 Million Tonnes from an area of 25.43 Million Hectares. The production of vegetables has increased from 101.2 Million Tonnes to 184.40 Million Tonnes since 2004-05 to 2017-18 and production of fruits has increased from 50.9 Million Tonnes to 97.35 Million.

scholarly journals FRUIT FLIES (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) DIVERSITY IN HORTICULTURAL FARM OF MERAWANG SUB-DISTRICT, BANGKA DISTRICT, BANGKA BELITUNG ISLANDS

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-70
Author(s):  
Rahayu Supratiwi ◽  
Rion Apriyadi ◽  
Euis Asriani
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Fruit Flies ◽  
Bactrocera Dorsalis ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Fruit And Vegetable ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Vegetable Cultivation

Fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) are main pests in fruit and vegetable cultivation. There are 4000 species offruit flies in the world and 35% of them are important pests, including commercial fruits that have high economic value.Merawang District is one of the centers of horticultural production, especially fruits and vegetables. One of the threats to theproduction of horticultural commodities is the attack of fruit flies. The purpose of this study was to determine the diversity,distribution, and types of fruit flies in horticultural crops in Merawang Sub-District, Bangka District. The research wasconducted in descriptive method, in this case, the survey method was also used. The sampling was done in purposivesampling method. In total, 1248 specimen of fruit flies were collected by using different attractant traps and identified. Themethyl eugenol (ME) and cue lure (CUE) attractants trapped 1076 and 172 specimens, respectively. The diversity of fruit fliesin Merawang Sub-District was relatively low, in total 9 species fruit flies were observed and identified as Bactrocera dorsalis(Hendel), B. umbrosa (Fabricius),  B. carambolae (Drew & Hancock), B. occipitalis (Bezzi), Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett),B. albistrigata (de Meijer), Z. caudata (Fabricius), B. limbifera (Bezzi), and Dacus nanggalae (Drew & Hancock). The speciesdominant observed at the study site were B. dorsalis (Hendel), B. carambolae (Drew & Hancock), and B. occipitalis (Bezzi).Air Anyir Village was the highest number of fruit flies species.

scholarly journals Ethnomedicinal plants in Parammakonda, Konada, Nareduvalasa and Jayathi sacred groves in Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 2127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jhansi Katta ◽  
Khasim S.M. ◽  
Venkatesh R.M.
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Andhra Pradesh ◽  
Skin Diseases ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Sacred Groves ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Ethnobotanical Uses ◽  
Leaf Part ◽  
Scientific Name

Sacred Groves are the places of Natural vegetation being protected by the people with a firm belief on Nature and God. The tradition of worshipping nature, trees is a practise all over the world. This made them rich with flora and biological wealth. The groves are beneficial to mankind as they had medicinal, economical, agricultural and edible plants. The present groves are Parammakonda, Jayathi, Nareduvalasa and Konada. Ethnobotanical uses of 103 species belonging to 95 genera and 53 families used by  the tribal Kondadora, fishermen and other people  are identified and the local name, scientific name, family, habit and uses are documented during the study. Maximum species belong to Euphorbiaceae (8) and Fabaceae (8). The tribal people are using more plant species for treating skin diseases. The leaf part is profusely used followed by stem, root and fruit, trees are used mostly for the herbal medicine. Many plant species which are endemic, endangered and rare are also preserved in the groves. They are the repositories of genetic diversity and play an impotant role in cleaning environment. They play multifunctional role in local communities, thus there is an urgent need to conserve them and to protect the biodiversity.

The New Electronic Government

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-154
Author(s):  
Badreya Nasser Al-Jenaibi
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Federal Authority ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Made In

Nowadays, initiatives are taken and investments are made in supporting e-government across the world. These initiatives should achieve success to fulfill the outcomes that are desired. Efforts are made in capitalizing the technologies that will help the government to provide services to their citizens. The main objective of the paper is to explore the readiness of federal authority employees and their current skills, adoption, and knowledge about e-government. It is also investigates the new technologies and e-technologies in GCC and UAE. Therefore, it discusses and highlights this objective of using e-government by employees under several headings which include the growth of e-government in UAE and advantages of e-government in the society. This paper will also outline the need of e-government by the employees and citizens and how to make them better trust e-government. The researcher distributed 500 surveys and received 407 from most of the federal authorities in the UAE. The research concluded that the employees agree with benefits of e-government, do care about customers, and, together with high cooperation from the private sector, are prepared for adopting e-government. It was also found that the more challenging the e-government's cost and IT skill, the higher the challenges the organization will face in adopting e-government. At the present, one of the biggest challenges is designing solutions for e-government and evaluating initiatives conducted by the government.

scholarly journals Groundwater Decline and Prolonged Drought Could Reduce Vigour, Enhance Vulnerability to Diseases and Pests and Kill Perennial Horticultural Crops: Needs Urgent Policy Intervention

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-16
Author(s):  
Ganeshamurthy A N ◽  
Kalaivanan D ◽  
Rupa T R ◽  
Raghupathi H B
Keyword(s):  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Legal Rules ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
Policy Interventions ◽  
Tube Wells ◽  
Deccan Plateau ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Come ◽  
Law And Science

Perennial horticulture in India has undergone a change from rainfed system to drip fertigation systems and from isolated hedge and bund trees to high intensity orchard systems with enhanced number of trees per unit area. In several parts, particularly in the Deccan plateau, the system has now become completely dependent on water pumped from tube wells. Severe competition for water from tube wells makes farmers to devote more water for cash rich annual crops and even sell water for city dwellers nearby. As a consequence, the groundwater level in the past three decades has fallen from few feet to above thousand feet. At several places it has crossed the “peak water”. Frequent and prolonged exposure of fruit trees and nuts to drought coupled with ground water depletion has led to soil profile drying leading to reduced vigour and enhanced vulnerability to diseases and pests. This has led to withering of fruit and nut trees. Perennial crops are likely to become increasingly maladapted to their environment, particularly in the earlier period of climate change they are more likely to be attacked by diseases and insects. Coconuts, areca nuts and mango trees have died in several places and the government constituted committees have recommended compensation to the farmers. As a country, we have dramatically increased our reliance on groundwater. 175 million Indians are now fed with food produced with the unsustainable use of groundwater. This increase has dried up rivers and lakes, because there is a hydrologic connection between groundwater and surface water. Yet the legal rules governing water use usually ignore the link between law and science. The issue needs thorough examination and needs policy interventions to come out of this vicious circle.

The New Electronic Government

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 45-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Badreya Nasser Al-Jenaibi
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Electronic Government ◽  
Federal Authority ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Made In

Nowadays, initiatives are taken and investments are made in supporting e-government across the world. These initiatives should achieve success to fulfill the outcomes that are desired. Efforts are made in capitalizing the technologies that will help the government to provide services to their citizens. The main objective of the paper is to explore the readiness of federal authority employees and their current skills, adoption, and knowledge about e-government. It is also investigates the new technologies and e-technologies in GCC and UAE. Therefore, it discusses and highlights this objective of using e-government by employees under several headings which include the growth of e-government in UAE and advantages of e-government in the society. This paper will also outline the need of e-government by the employees and citizens and how to make them better trust e-government. The researcher distributed 500 surveys and received 407 from most of the federal authorities in the UAE. The research concluded that the employees agree with benefits of e-government, do care about customers, and, together with high cooperation from the private sector, are prepared for adopting e-government. It was also found that the more challenging the e-government's cost and IT skill, the higher the challenges the organization will face in adopting e-government. At the present, one of the biggest challenges is designing solutions for e-government and evaluating initiatives conducted by the government.

scholarly journals Self-Reliant Farming and Employment Opportunities for Migrant Workers Relating COVID-19 Post-Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishna Gopal Mandal
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Infectious Virus ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Internal Migrant ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
The World ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
The Government ◽  
Made In

There has been an unprecedented crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The human witnessed significant changes in all spheres of activities in the society. There was complete, partial or intermittent lockdown all over the world to contain this infectious virus. People confined themselves mostly at home, and about 60% of economic activities was disrupted. The growth in the economy slowed down. Millions of international and internal migrant workers returned to their place of origin and again resuming works. To return to the economic normalcy, challenges would be to cope up with problems of migrant workers, protecting their livelihoods and providing income through employment to avert destabilizing effects. There is a need for strategic approaches and effective policies to strengthen self-sufficiency and self-reliance among returnees, and the farmers with the support of the Government and other agencies. Thus, attempts have been made in this paper to make an account on the migrant workers, to elucidate the COVID-19 impacts on them, to appraise major strategies and policy recommendations to strengthen self-reliant farming, rural development and re-employment.

scholarly journals The Minamata Treaty / Protocol: Potential Implications for South Africa

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-19
Author(s):  
G.M. Scott ◽  
T.N. Mdluli
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
United Nations Environment Programme ◽  
Governing Council ◽  
Official Position ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Nations Environment ◽  
Environment Programme ◽  
Made In

In 2009 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was mandated by its Governing Council to develop a global legally binding instrument for mercury. An Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) was established to prepare the instrument before the 27th UNEP Governing Council Meeting in February 2013. This instrument will have significant and far-reaching effects for South Africa, due to our economy's reliance on fossil fuels, in particular coal fired power generation. South Africa is currently rated as the 6th largest emitter of mercury in the world with annual emissions estimated at around 50 tons. This paper will look at the draft text of the instrument after the 4th round of negotiations and highlight some of the potential implications for South Africa. It must be highlighted that the text of the instrument is still under negotiations and the observations and remarks made in this paper are not the official position of the Government of South Africa.

scholarly journals The Role of Microfinance Sector In Up Lifting The Performance Of Small Scale Industry And Empowering Women In Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-184
Author(s):  
Rummana Zaheer ◽  
Bilal Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Small Scale ◽  
Economic Progress ◽  
Small Scale Industry ◽  
The World ◽  
Similar Strategy ◽  
The Government ◽  
To Come ◽  
Great Scope ◽  
Made In

An endeavor has been made in this paper to ascertain the reasons behind the bleak performance of the economy of Pakistan in spite of the fact that the country possesses cheaper labor as compared to many countries of the world. With a big portion of our labor force – comprising of women has been neglected even from unemployment alleviation planning. The data used in this study was available from December 2007 to September 2010. Looking up to neighboring China and its economic progress as the most populated country of the world brought its population in the economic fold, Pakistani government also needs to come up with some similar strategy but related to its own society norms. Pakistan could also bring a big part of its population by strengthening microfinance sector and subsequently small sector of the country. There is great scope in the microfinance industry in Pakistan provided that the government objectively patronizes the activities of the microfinance banks and institutions.

scholarly journals Enhancement of Horticultural Crops for Improved Health

HortScience ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 696b-696
Author(s):  
Henry M. Munger
Keyword(s):  
Human Health ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Health Benefits ◽  
Careful Analysis ◽  
Breeding For Resistance ◽  
Horticultural Crops ◽  
The World ◽  
Postharvest Handling ◽  
Specific Health

Fruits and vegetables are being recommended more strongly than ever for improving human health, but, in some parts of the world, supplies are inadequate and, even when supplies are abundant, some segments of the population eat far less then recommended amounts. This divergence suggests that careful analysis and multiple approaches are needed to maximize the benefits of horticultural crops to human health. Information about the specific health benefits of certain crops and the value of diversity in the diet to get benefits not yet understood may stimulate increased usage. An attractive, appetizing, and economical supply seems essential, and may require efforts ranging from breeding for resistance, flavor, appearance, and holdability, through production and harvesting methods, to postharvest handling and processing.

An overview of textile and apparel business advances in Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karan Khurana
Keyword(s):  
Primary Source ◽  
Apparel Industry ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Textile And Apparel ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Clear Idea ◽  
Textile And Apparel Industry ◽  
Future Business ◽  
Made In

Purpose One of the oldest civilizations of Africa, Ethiopia is today at the advent of industrialization in various business sectors. Agriculture being a primary source of income (50 per cent of the GDP) is now transforming into more dynamic and new sectors. Textile and apparel is one of the sectors that has received a lot of attention from the government and the objective is to become sourcing destinations of the world. The purpose of the paper is to provide an overview of the current advances to the stakeholders, academia and industry from concept to the consumer. The aim of the paper is to present a transition of advances made in textile and apparel business that the country has made in the past decade and also to examine the potential of the consumer for this country. The consumer in the country is young and brings a lot of novel opportunities for textile and apparel industry. Design/methodology/approach This analysis is an empirical journey of the author’s research in academia and textile and apparel industry in Ethiopia. Findings This paper establishes a connection between the stakeholders, academia, industry and beneficiaries of this business so that it could become a guideline for future business investors. It also highlights the problems within this sector and provides a clear idea for domestic companies to compete with global competitors in terms of upcoming future business trends. Originality/value Presently, in the atmosphere of fashion and textiles, there is air about Ethiopia being the next manufacturing hub of the world in Africa. However, no academic literature is available which summarizes the opportunities and tasks in this industry, and this paper caters to the need of the hour.

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